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Rhode Island State Ombudsman, Kathleen Heren, on the Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Homes

January 23, 2023

Rhode Island State Ombudsman, Kathy Heren, was interviewed by RI News Today on the Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Homes.

Hawaii State Ombudsman, John McDermott, Interviewed on the Expansion of the Ombudsman Program

January 22, 2023

Hawaii State Ombudsman, John McDermott, was interviewed by The Garden Island, on the expansion of the Ombudsman program.

State Ombudsman, Mairead Painter, Interviewed on Immediate Jeopardy in a Connecticut Nursing Home

January 19, 2023

The Connecticut State Department of Public Health issued an “immediate jeopardy” order to a Newtown nursing home owned by Athena Health Care Systems, indicating that the state found conditions at the facility that could cause serious harm or death. Mairead Painter, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, said the Newtown facility was among the five Athena homes that received the most complaints between October 2021 and September 2022.

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